HEARN, Lafcadio.
LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE. Edited by Iwao Inagaki. [Hearn's Second Son] Tokyo [1936], Hokuseido. Green cloth, very good, appendix, 132p., biographical tabulr conspectus, 3rd. printing. SCARCE while Hearn was lectured at the Imperial University in 1899. This work is full of interesting insights since it was done by Hearn's son. Essays include: Greatness of the Man, Perso- nal-The Man and his Life. Distinction of Shakespeare's Work. Method of Shakespeare's Work, Sources and Possible Grouping of Shakespeare's Work: Period I-III. Difficulties-the Lang- uage of Shakespeare, and his Obscurities. The Grouping of the Plays by Kid. A little Discourse about Some Typical Cha- racters of Shakespere. With useful appendix on the study of Shakespeare. This book was edited by Hearn's second son. A very useful reference source book. .
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